The Romanian Orthodox Church says it can recognize the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church that was granted by the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew. Yet the Holy Synod also said on Feb. 22, however, that the Ukrainian authorities should ensure the rights and freedoms of Romanian communities, as reported RBC-Ukraine, in reference statements on the website of the Romanian Patriarchate.
Daily Sabah: Romanian Patriarchate may back Ukrainian church
Metropolitan Epiphanius (or Yepifaniy), the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is pictured during his enthronement ceremony at the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on Feb. 3, 2019.
